The White House is “reviewing and updating” strategies for shuttering national authorities if the Senate fail to move legislation to minimize a government shutdown over the weekend.
The House passed a bill funding the government Friday night, yet it’s unclear if the Senate will even pass it before Friday’s rapidly approaching evening date.
White House press secretary Karine Jean- Pierre told reporters Friday that President , Joe Biden believed that the Senate could shift the bill to his office in day to avert a closure, but she confirmed that the administration is preparing a” emergency” prepare for a temporary closing of the state.
” Congress can stop this, this limited shutdown. We believe there’s also time to do that”, Jean- Pierre said during Friday’s media presentation. ” So I want to be very clear here. But like every other company, we are reviewing and updating our disaster plan. This is something that we do constantly, and we’ll have more to communicate, clearly, once that is finalized”.
” Federal people, just across the state, we’ll leave, and that includes White House employees, just to give you a little bit of what that would appear like”, she said. ” There’s still time for Congress to stop a limited closure. This does n’t have to be. This does n’t have to be, and obviously, we’re always, like every agency, we’ll look at all options”.
The White House published emergency plans for shuttering national practices during a government shutdown risk in the fall of 2023.
The Senate is expected to pass the state revenue bill, but holdups from any of the politicians may stop Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D- NY ) from bringing the policy to the ground for a ballot Friday night.
Legislative lawmakers were scheduled to depart Washington, D. C., for a 16- time recess at the end of this week, but there’s a strong likelihood that Schumer could plan a vote for Sunday if any senator objects to an extended vote Friday evening.
The legislation in question includes$ 1.2 trillion in appropriations for the departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Treasure, Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services. The bill also includes funding for the Small Business Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, certain congressional offices, and the federal judiciary.
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You can watch Friday’s briefing in full below.
